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A display of the various ranks of the Indian police and their respective uniform at the National Police Memorial and Museum in New Delhi.. Police services in India comprises the Indian Police Service (IPS), DANIPS, and Pondicherry Police Service recruited by the central government, along with various State Police Services recruited by state governments.
The following details the ranks of the military police, which are also used by the National Public Security Force. The ranks are valid for the state military police agencies (such as the Military Police of Minas Gerais, São Paulo, and Rio de Janeiro) and are listed, respectively, from higher to lower ranks: [29] Officers
Uniforms of state and local police vary by grade, region, and type of duty. The main service uniform for state police is khaki. Some city forces, such as the Kolkata Police, wear white uniforms. Headgear differs by rank and state; officers usually wear a peaked cap, and constables wear berets or sidecaps. [3]
Each state police force maintains an armed force, with names such as Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC) and Special Armed Police, which is responsible for emergencies and crowd control. They are generally activated on orders from a deputy inspector general or higher-level authorities. List of the State Armed Police Forces are here in below.
Police is part of the State List in the Constitution of India. The State Police Services (SPS) per se, is a collective term to refer the police services of individual state governments of India. Officers of these services are recruited and appointed by the states and has the status of gazetted officers of the state government.
Note 1: The equivalent rank to the ASP in State Police Services is the deputy superintendent of police (DSP/DySP). Note 2: The commissioner of police is a post typically held by IG and above rank officers.
Police ranks of India (1 C, ... Police ranks of Pakistan (4 P) S. Police ranks of Sri Lanka (1 C, ... Police ranks of the United States
Additional superintendent of police [b] Deputy superintendent of police [c] Abbreviation: SP Addl.SP DSP/Dy.SP Note: Gazetted officers in State Police Services (SPS) begins from DSP and above. [2] In the Indian Police Service (IPS), rank starts from Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), which is equivalent to DSP in state services.